Hello. I'm been following the exploits of SPCR for almost a year now and have used what I've learned here to build the first iteration of my quiet pc. I'd like to give a little back to the community, so without furthur adieu I present the following:

All cards listed ship with no fans in their stock configuration.All cards listed have been visually verified to have no fans anywhere on the card (esp. top, bottom, and in heatsinks). The source of this information is linked on the right.Cards are divided by chipset then listed roughly in descending order of 3D performance.OEM versions are not listed unless they have different features from Retail versions of otherwise similar cards.

If you wish to add to this list you must provide visual confirmation (either in-person, from a good friend, or a trusted retailer/manufacturer) that the card contains no fans (on any side) and prove that it can currently be purchased.

As seen on this (http://www.komplett.se/k/ki.asp?sku=308137&cks=PRL) page there is a passive XFX 6600 card on sale. It goes under the name "XFX GeForce 6600 128MB Passive Cooling PCI-Express, Tv-Out/DVI, Retail". The name together with the part number PVT43PNDH7 is the only thing I have been able to find out about this card (some sources hints of dual dvi), it's not even present on the XFX webpage. I even tried calling komplett.se but the guy on the phone wasn't able to get me any other info. There is a 256 MB version as well.

Edit: I reread the last list on this page and saw that I missed a link to newegg with a passive cooled XFX 6600. However the part number doesn't match the 256 MB version at komplett. The newegg # is PVT43PUD and the komplett number is PVT43PUDH7. Can it still be the same card? Does anyone know if this is a good card?

[size=18][b]Fanless PCI-Express x16 Cards[/b][/size][list]All cards listed ship with no fans in their stock configuration.All cards listed have been visually verified to have no fans anywhere on the card (esp. top, bottom, and in heatsinks). The source of this information is linked on the right.Cards are divided by chipset then listed [i]roughly[/i] in descending order of 3D performance.OEM versions are not listed unless they have different features from Retail versions of otherwise similar cards.[/list][color=red]If you wish to add to this list you must provide visual confirmation (either in-person, from a good friend, or a trusted retailer/manufacturer) that the card contains no fans (on any side) and prove that it can currently be purchased.[/color]

Thank you for your efforts for the SPCR community, Caudipteryx zoui. I am sure all of the forum members will join me in applause.

The information in this thread is obviously best maintained in a WIKI. Unfortunately, this is going to be a bit delayed as we're trying to make choices on a new CMS for the site that will integrate well with out choice of WIKI. This also means much reconstruction of SPCR, so we are moving very cautiously.

Meanwhile, is there anyone else who could move forward with what Caudipteryx zoui has left us to keep this valuable list uptodate?

Note that it features 2 x DVI (that's the reason I'm getting it instead of the 128Mb models - they are both VGA+DVI).

Link: GV-NX66T256DThis looks like the perfect card for my new box.
Nice to have an alternative to the dual DVI XFX card (newegg) wich seems to cause trouble for some (it's been removed from XFXs product listing).

Both are passive (using small heatsinks - classic northbridge size), both are dual DVI. Really interesting part is that they are both PCIe x1, instead of PCIe x16. Means that they will run in any PCIe slot (can plug them into a PCIex16 slot if you want to waste 15 of the 16 lanes).

The Matrox webpage does not say it explicitly, but I suspect you can run more than one of these at once. Given that a typical PCIe motherboard has a PCIex16 + 3 x PCIex1, you might be able to run four of them Anyone need 8 LCD panels on their system?

Note, for those unfamiliar with Matrox products, the G550 is not especially fast - will do fine for 2D (eg: Windows), but not for 3D games.

In regards to NewEgg: They finally started offering the search criteria of heatsink only. Note though that it's not perfect but does offer the best option for searching strictly passively cooled card as needed.

www.newegg.com allows you to select VGA cards by various parameters including whether they are passive cooled. You can very quickly for instance find a list of dual DVI PCIe cards that are passively cooled; there were 4 when I just checked.
Itâ€™s a great resource for determining which products match particular criteria. Can anyone recommend something similar, especially if itâ€™s a UK based retailer?

I'm also in the with a similar problem. I haven't found anywhere (big and hence cheap) that will let you select by heatsink type. However, as Dabs appear to like the category selection method, I've already emailed them about it, I suggest you do the same.

I think it's rather important that on the reccomended VGA list you make it obvious on the list how many slots the card occupies. I know the Gigabyte Silent Pipe II 7600 GT takes two slots, not sure how many others do. (My ancient GeForce 4 MX only takes one :-p)

This is farily important for anyone building a PC around a micro-ATX motherboard, (like an HTPC in the Antec NSK 2400), as you'll only be left with 2 spare expansion slots if you use a 2-slot card.

I'm also in the with a similar problem. I haven't found anywhere (big and hence cheap) that will let you select by heatsink type. However, as Dabs appear to like the category selection method, I've already emailed them about it, I suggest you do the same.

Even if Dabs offered this feature, Iâ€™d probably still use Newegg as a resource because they stock a lot more items than Dabs. Once Iâ€™ve decided what I want from Newegg, I would then use Froogle and other price searches for UK pricing and stock. Too many times the product isnâ€™t yet available in the UK, which is a downside of this method.

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